Bear Mountain () is located in the northern
Lewis Range
The Lewis Range is a mountain range located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana, United States and extreme southern Alberta, Canada. It was formed as a result of the Lewis Overthrust, a geologic thrust fault resulted in the overlying of ...
,
Glacier National Park in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
.
, followed by
Glenns Lake
Glenns Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Glenns Lake is a long narrow lake located between Cosley Ridge and Whitecrow Mountain in the northeastern region of Glacier National Park. Mokowanis Lake is south o ...
to the southwest of the mountain.
Mokowanis Lake is also visible from the peak. The mountain has tremendous views of the east face of
Mount Cleveland Mount Cleveland may refer to the following places:
Australia
* Mount Cleveland, on Cape Cleveland, Queensland
USA
* Mount Cleveland (Alaska), or Cleveland Volcano, on Chuginadak Island, Alaska
* Mount Cleveland, Skagway, Alaska, near Mount Carmack ...
, the north face of
Mount Merritt, and the east face of
Chief Mountain
Chief Mountain ('' Blackfoot: Ninaistako'') () is located in the U.S. state of Montana on the eastern border of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The mountain is one of the most prominent peaks and rock formations alon ...
.
Climate
Bear Mountain is located in an alpine
subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers.
Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
Geology
Like the other mountains in Glacier National Park, Bear Mountain is composed of
sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particles ...
laid down during the
Precambrian to
Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...
periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the
Lewis Overthrust The Lewis Overthrust is a geologic thrust fault structure of the Rocky Mountains found within the bordering national parks of Glacier in Montana, United States and Waterton Lakes in Alberta, Canada. The structure was created due to the collision o ...
fault pushed an enormous slab of
precambrian rocks thick, wide and long over younger rock of the
cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
period.
Gallery
File:Bear Mountain, Glacier Park.jpg, East aspect, with top of parent Kaina Mountain
Kaina Mountain () is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. Kaina Mountain is in the northeastern section of Glacier National Park and north of Kaina Lake.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classifica ...
behind left
File:Elysium (10065411843).jpg, East aspect of Bear Mountain (right)
File:Bear Mountain, Mokowanis River.jpg, Bear Mountain, south aspect
See also
*
Mountains and mountain ranges of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Mountains in Glacier National Park (U.S.) are part of the Rocky Mountains. There are at least 150 named mountain peaks over in Glacier in three mountain ranges--the Clark Range, Lewis Range, Livingston Range. Mount Cleveland at
is the high ...
References
Mountains of Glacier County, Montana
Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Lewis Range
Mountains of Montana
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